Notes:

Birth:
Birth cert sighted

Died:
Registration details: 1952/C/3781 Death registration: Elizabeth Dobbs Death date: 03/07/1952 Mother's name: Harriet Phillips Father/parent's name: Henry Aldridge

Elizabeth married Charles DOBBS on 18 Jul 1896 in Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Charles (son of William DOBBS and Ann JACKSON) was born in Mar 1871 in Bracebridge, Lincolnshire, England, UK; died on 27 Sep 1944 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia; was buried in North Rockhampton Cemetery, Rockhampton, Qld, Aust. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Helen DOBBS was born on 14 May 1897 in Dobbs Hill, Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia; died on 2 Feb 1996 in Queensland, Australia; was buried in Feb 1996 in North Rockhampton Cemetry, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
2. John Alexis DOBBS COKER was born on 30 Jun 1901 in Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia; died on 17 Aug 1987 in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Gold miner, butcher, publican, rouseabout
• Census: 1841, Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
• Baptism: 26 May 1844, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK
• Census: 1851, Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
• Residence: 1851, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England
• Emigration: Jul 1859, To Moreton Bay, Qld, Australia on the Glentanner
• Arrival: 7 Jul 1859
• Residence: 1914, Royal Hotel, Moonmerra, Qld, Australia

Notes:

First arrived in Australia, July 1859 on the Glentanner. He went back to England in 1883 on the Liguria.
With an inheritance he received from his uncle Harry Aldridge's estate, Henry went back to Welwyn, Hertfordshire
At Welwyn, he bought back the Black Horse Inn, a pub his father had owned 30-odd years earlier.
Thereafter Henry ran a carrying business from Hertford and conducted gold panning displays at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition at Crystal Palace in London in 1886. Returned to Australia on Chimborazo in 1886 (arrived Sydney 9 September)<hr>

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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53869276

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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53809444

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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page7503428

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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54339626

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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20321265

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https://oznunns.com.au/henry-aldridge-stuck-up-by-bushrangers-at-imbil/

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http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn4470601

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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148019221

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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4484585

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https://www.amazon.com.au/Ill-show-gold-Warren-Nunn-ebook/dp/B00GPPFSM4/

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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130840501

Henry married Harriett PHILLIPS on 16 Jun 1870 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. Harriett (daughter of George Daniel PHILLIPS and Sophia BYGRAVES) was born in Jan 1848 in Pancras, London, Middlesex, England, UK; died on 15 Dec 1892 in Australia Death Index, 1787-1985.; was buried on 16 Dec 1892 in Mt Morgan, Qld, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Aug 1848, Haggerston St Mary, England
• Census: 1851, No 20 Knottisford St, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
• Residence: 1851, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
• Census: 1861, No 17 Park St, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
• Residence: 1861, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
• Emigration: 15 Apr 1870, Qld, Australia
• Death: 15 Dec 1892, Mt Morgan, Qld, Australia

Notes:

Have yet to satisfactorily trace Harriet's family. She may have been born about 1848 and not C1850. There is a Harriet Phillips on the 1851 census at Knottisford St, Tower Hamlets, Bethnal Green, the daughter of George Phillips (weaver) and Sophia. By 1861, they are at Park St, Bethnall Green and the household is George Phillips, head, aged 39, weaver, born Spitalfields; Sophia Phillips, wife, aged 33, seamstress, born Surrey, Harriett, dau, aged 13, born Shoreditch; Thomas, son, aged 5, born Bethnal Green; Henry, son, aged 3, born St Saviours, Surrey. Harriet's mother was known to be alive in 1883 as she met the boat which brought Harriet and her family back from Australia. But yet to track Sophia on 1871 census. On 1881 census, she seems to be at Corbon Rd, Tower Hamlets, aged 60, a widow, needle woman, born Surrey with daughter Jane, aged 19, needle woman, born Surrey. There is also an Elizabeth Phillips, widow, living next door. <hr>

Residence:
Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Died:
Name: Harriet Aldridge. Death Date: 15 Dec 1892. Death Place: Queensland. Father's Name: Thomas Phillips
Mother's Name: Sophia Bygraves. Registration Year: 1892. Registration Place: Queensland. Registration Number: 004270 Page Number: 270

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carrier, publican
• Residence: Marylebone, Middlesex, England
• Baptism: 19 Dec 1819, Stevenage, Hertford, England, UK
• Census: 1841, Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
• Census: 1851, Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
• Residence: 1851, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England
• Emigration: Jul 1859, To Moreton Bay, Qld, Australia on the Glentanner
• Arrival: 7 Jul 1859

Notes:

It seems that William and Elizabeth had another son, Thomas, born around 1861 but no record for him despite being mentioned in Henry Aldridge's memoirs
After William died in Australia, Elizabeth married a John Hall with whom she had at least two children: Elizabeth (1865/C001745 Hall Elizabeth daughter of John and Elizabeth Lovett) and William Joseph (1873/C000807 Hall William Joseph son of John Hall and Elizabeth Lovel)<hr>

Residence:
Marital Status: Widowed

Arrival:
Age: 39

William married Mary Ann SMITH on 10 Jul 1843 in Newington, Surrey, England, UK. Mary was born on 7 Jun 1812 in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK; died on 23 Jul 1855 in New Bartnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK; was buried on 27 Jul 1855 in New Bartnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 5 Jul 1812, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK
• Census: 1851, Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
• Residence: 1851, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England

Notes:

When her son Henry went back to England in 1883, he arranged for a headstone to be placed on her grave according to notes in his diary. The inscription was to read: In memory of Mary Anne wife of William Aldridge who departed this life July 23rd 1855 aged 43 years. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. Erected by her son on his return from Australia.
<hr> Mary brought a child, William, into the marriage who, according to the 1851 census was born at Marylebone, Middlesex. But the wedding record says she was a spinster where she married William Aldridge. So, she may have bore her son out of wedlock. There is an IGI entry for a William Henry Smith born 19 Dec 1835 & christened 17 Jan 1836 at Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone, London, England. He was the son of James Smith and Mary There was also a Sarah Smith born to the same parents: Birth: 16 Jan 1833, christened 10 Feb 1833 Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone, London, England & died 25 Sep 1834. But these assumptions have to be viewed with suspicion on the basis of her spinster status when she married Wm Aldridge.<hr>
Identified on back in Henry Aldridge's handwriting

Baptism:
Entry sighted on http://www.findmypast.co.uk

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, No 20 Knottisford St, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
• Residence: 1851, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
• Census: 1861, No 17 Park St, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
• Residence: 1861, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England

Notes:

Residence:
Relation to Head of House: Head

George married Sophia BYGRAVES. Sophia was born about 1825 in Newington, Surrey, England, UK; died in Oct 1915 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1851, No 20 Knottisford St, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
• Residence: 1851, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
• Census: 1861, No 17 Park St, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
• Residence: 1861, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England
• Census: 1881, No 4 Clinton Rd, Tower Hamlets, London, England, UK
• Residence: 1881, Mile End Old Town, London, England
• Census: 1891, Linus Cottage, Ayot St Peter, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK
• Residence: 1891, Ayot St Peter, Hertfordshire, England
• Residence: 02 Apr 1911, Bromley, Kent, England

Notes:

Residence:
Relation to Head of House: Wife

Residence:
Relation to Head of House: Head; Marital Status: Windower

Residence:
Relation to Head of House: Head

Residence:
Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Lodger

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Publican
• Baptism: 17 Nov 1793, Graveley, Hertford, England, UK
• Baptism: 17 Nov 1793, Graveley, Hertford, England, UK
• Census: 1841, Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
• Residence: 1841, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England
• Census: 1851, Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
• Residence: 1851, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England
• Census: 1861, Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
• Residence: 1861, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England

Notes:

Baptism:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JQ5V-V3L

Died:
Burial record sighted

James married Sarah COCK in 28 Oct 1816 in Stevenage, Hertford, England, UK. Sarah was born about 1798 in Stevenage, Hertford, England, UK; was christened on 9 Sep 1798 in Stevenage, Hertford, England, UK; died in Mar 1871 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK; was buried on 26 Mar 1871 in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1841, Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
• Census: 1851, Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
• Residence: 1851, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England
• Census: 1861, Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK
• Residence: 1861, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England

Notes:

Sarah the daughter of Richard Cock and Sarah<hr>

Christened:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J7H7-MRN

Died:
Age: 73

Buried:
Burial entry at http://www.findmypast.co.uk